SpaceX had planned to catch the rocket's fairing with a giant net stretched across their recovery boat called Mr Steven , however, the boat was unable to catch the rocket nose. This is the seventh set of satellites in a series of 75 total satellites that SpaceX will launch for Iridium's next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT.

The total eclipse will last for 1 hour and 43 minutes, wherein the moon will be in flawless alignment with the sun and Earth. The situation when the moon turns into a deep red colour when it enters the depths of the Earth's shadow. Unfortunately, the moon will not have risen anywhere in the United States for viewing during this window. In space, most colours cannot travel large distances, and only red light can be clearly seen over millions of kilometres.

And you don't have to worry about having a telescope to get a good view, with astronomers saying that there will be a very good view without the need for special equipment. Instead of that sunlight hitting the moon's surface, Earth's shadow falls on it. On July 27 the Sun and Mars will lie opposite to each other with Earth in the middle.

There are microorganisms on Earth that are capable of surviving even in ice. It's tempting to think of this feature as a lake, given that the area with high reflectivity is several kilometers in diameter. Between March 2012 and December 2015, the researchers got 29 sets of radar readings from Mars's Planum Australe, the southern polar plain. A team of scientists has discovered a large body of subglacial liquid water on Mars.

Instead it will cap federal fuel economy requirements at the 2020 level, which under federal law must be at least a 35-mile-per-gallon fleet average, rather than letting them rise to roughly 50 mpg by 2025 as envisioned in the plan left behind by Obama, according to the people.

This will be the second launch of a block 5 first stage which is created to be launched and landed up to 10 times without refurbishment. Slated for later tonight, the mission marks the second time that the Block 5 booster gets to flex its steel muscles, after its thundering debut on May 11.

The Hawthorne, California-based company's valuation has climbed to about $25 billion, making it the third-most valuable venture-backed startup in the US after Uber Technologies Inc. Steven", according to media reports . It was the 13th launch of the year for Elon Musk's rocket firm, and the 26th time the Falcon 9 has safely landed after launch.

The IOC on Wednesday approved the addition of monobob and freestyle ski big air, as well as dynamic mixed team formats including short track mixed relay, a ski jumping mixed team event, mixed team aerials and a snowboard cross mixed team event, Xinhua news agency reported.

A previously unknown species of dinosaur-Armadillo that lived 76 million years ago, found in Utah. The team found the fossils of A. johnsoni in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah in 2008. Serious differences of the findings from all the previously discovered scientists explain the migration of species to other areas and split continents.

Items from the collection will be sold in a series of auctions handled by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions beginning Nov. 1-2 and continuing in May and November of next year. "I think he would be pleased to be remembered as being part of a program that demonstrated awesome things can be achieved when people come together to dedicate themselves towards a common goal", his son Rick Armstrong said.

As with many interesting pieces of amber, this newest addition was discovered in Myanmar and dates back to the mid-Cretaceous period. The small Southeast Asian country of Myanmar is a known treasure trove of fossils. "The scales of the snake are diamond-shaped or ovoid diamond-shaped, with deep lines formed by skin between each scale". Scale bar, 5 mm, 1 mm, 1 mm, respectively.

One such payload including an experiment funded both privately and by NASA, called Solstar , which tested WiFi capabilities in space. Selected for flight test by NASA's Flight Opportunities , numerous payloads on this New Shepard flight aim to provide value to other payloads on future flights.

Jupiter's tally of moons just got a little bit larger. The moons were first discovered during the search for Planet X, the hunt for a massive planet beyond Pluto . The remaining two satellites others are among a closer, inner group that orbit in the prograde , or same direction. The lost moons were initially sighted in 2003, but scientists could not define their exact orbits and lost track of them.

With its booster on its landing pad in the background, the New Shepard crew capsule descends to touchdown after its dramatic test flight. Wednesday's passenger was Mannequin Skywalker, plus science experiments. Although Blue Origin is yet to provide details, it is understood the company has already purchased the first landing ship for returning New Glenn boosters.

The researchers targeted objects moving with Jupiter in the foreground, which revealed the 12 new moons . They also are thought to be the result of an earlier collision and take about a year to complete one orbit. Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, has a diameter of 142,984km. The moons closer to Jupiter, including the four Galilean satellites , orbit Jupiter in the same direction as the planet's rotation - astronomers call this a prograde orbit.

His team at Carnegie, along with collaborators at the University of Hawaii and Northern Arizona University, was hunting for objects far beyond Pluto . But the researchers realized that Jupiter happened to be in a spot that allowed them to examine the area around the gas giant for any unknown natural satellites .

Water fountains and city-run air conditioned facilities. "Make sure they are cool and drinking water". Symptoms of heat stroke or heat exhaustion include high body temperature, lack of sweat, confusion, fainting and unconsciousness. Folk fans at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival enjoyed a hot, sunny weekend. While the high temperatures aren't unusual for this time of year, Environment Canada is warning those most at risk, like young children and seniors, to take precautions and watch for ...